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The Michael Davitt Shield is a
Scottish Scottish usually refers to something of, from, or related to Scotland, including: *Scottish Gaelic, a Celtic Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family native to Scotland *Scottish English *Scottish national identity, the Scottish ide ...
Gaelic Football Gaelic football ( ga, Peil Ghaelach; short name '), commonly known as simply Gaelic, GAA or Football is an Irish team sport. It is played between two teams of 15 players on a rectangular grass pitch. The objective of the sport is to score by kic ...
pre-season tournament founded in 2001. The competition takes place in the April of each season. The trophy is named after
Irish Republican Irish republicanism ( ga, poblachtánachas Éireannach) is the political movement for the unity and independence of Ireland under a republic. Irish republicans view British rule in any part of Ireland as inherently illegitimate. The develop ...
activist and founder of the Irish National Land League, Michael Davitt.
Glaschu Gaels Glasgow Gaels Gaelic Football Club or Glasgow Gaels GFC ( Irish: ''Cumann Peile Ghaeil Ghlaschú,'' ) is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Glasgow. The team is a member of the Scottish GAA and are one of the most successful Scottish ...
were the inaugural champions in 2000 and have won the competition a record four times. On 30 April 2009, Tir Conaill Harps won the competition for the second time in their history after overcoming record winners and city rivals
Glaschu Gaels Glasgow Gaels Gaelic Football Club or Glasgow Gaels GFC ( Irish: ''Cumann Peile Ghaeil Ghlaschú,'' ) is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Glasgow. The team is a member of the Scottish GAA and are one of the most successful Scottish ...
1-10 to 1-06 in Coatbridge.


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{{Gaelic games in Great Britain Gaelic football competitions in Scotland 2000 establishments in Scotland Recurring sporting events established in 2000